Countries that now contemplate constitutional reform often grapple with the question of
whether to constitutionalize social rights. This book presents an argument for why, under the …

" Human need is a central but contested concept in social policy and the social sciences.
This book provides an accessible overview of the subject using concepts and debates from …

An essential introduction to rights-based approaches in social policy, this text critically
explores how social rights underpin human wellbeing. It discusses social rights as rights of …

The constitutional imagination refers to the way we have been able to conceive the
relationship between thought, text and action in the constitution of modern political authority …

This article argues that a new understanding of the indivisibility of human rights has
emerged through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The …

Courts of many countries have resorted to foreign legal materials when deciding upon hard
constitutional cases, but few have actually faced the question of whether they are justified in …

The shifting nature of employment practice towards the use of more precarious work forms
has caused a crisis in classical labour law and engendered a new wave of regulation. This …

In 1954, in a historic case called Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court of the
United States declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. This chapter …

Incorporation is amongst the legislative measures of implementation of the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child (crc) recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child …

Given its colonial legacy, Pakistan has attributes to be labeled as an elitist state whereby a
precious chosen few can govern and influence all spheres of life. It is important to make …